re: Sanpokong
Excuse me for typing in English coz my Chinese typing is not fast enough for typing lots of content!!
Last Saturday needed to go to Sanpokong (wow, more than 20 years haven't been there). I took some time to wander around:
"Bak Lok" restaurant has become Elderly Home as mentioned by chanpowing before. But funniest thing is at the main entrance, Those wordings of Bak Lok restaurant in Chinese were still there (except "Lou" had been fallen off).
Those Govt. Factory buildings have all been demolished. Anybody knows how those lands will be used for? Residence? Commercial Towers?
No. 1 Tai Yau Street had been nearly finished. I can't recall what the original factory building's name was. Can anyone tell me?
The law court and government building had been demolished and now the construction for "Rhine Harbour" is ongoing. The site is rather big!
The Standard Chartered Bank has been changed to restaurant.
"Gong Jue" Restaurant's big picture had been blocked by the building in front of it, however part of it can still be seen.
The shopping arcade underneath it is still there. I love the stuff inside coz it's still non-expensive. I shopped there to get some souvenirs!!
"Dong Fang Chinese Department Store's old site had been changed to elderly home too. (as mentioned before, Bak Lok, Heung Yeung Lau have all been changed to elderly home).
I went up to the Choi Hung Road Playground (the old site of the Kai Tak Amusement Park) and I climbed to the small hill. Not a trace could be found except the hill....
"Ying Wah Cinema" old site is open for rental, but nowadays it appears as a haunted house! Seems it had been empty for long time!
"San Po Kong Mansion" - Many shops facing Choi Hung Road are open for rental. I wonder why so many shops are empty.